NHL 13 Presentation Video and Blog

[JG1986]

This looks fabulous!!!

[Dazraz]

The last few years of the NHL series have seen minor changes. This it really looks like we have something to be excited about.

[MizzouRah]

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I haven't played Madden since it first came out on the x360 a few years ago.. it's been horrible, imho.

Hockey has always received the bulk of my console sports gaming time and I just didn't play 12 that much, at least not like previous versions.

That being said, I'm really excited to get this version and I can see myself playing several seasons - every freaking single game too.

[LuGer33]

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I have a question that any of you who know more about production schedules on these games might be able to answer. I'm guessing that these improvements weren't just worked on this last calendar year and that at least some have been in the works for a while, but due to deadlines, the development team had to push them off to refine and get them right. Am I correct in this?

I mean, I like NHL '12, but the improvements were incremental compared to what looks like is coming out next month. Were they working on these additions last year too and it just took 2-3 years in the cycle to get it ready for the public?

As per one of the devs, there was a feature for NHL 12 that did not make the cut. QB speculates, and I agree with him, that this was probably True Performance Skating. I'm also only speculating but it seems logical to me that TPS was planned for NHL 12 and after working on it, the devs decided they needed another year to get it right. This would help explain why NHL 12 was headlined w/ "Broken Glass" and "Goalie Collisions / Fights," whereas NHL 13 is rocking, "GM Connected," "True Performance Skating," "Real Time / Overhauled Presentation," "Revamped Goalies," "GM Brain," "NHL Moments Live," etc.

It just seems like NHL 13 has a disproportionate amount of new content compared to the other games (which is awesome), and something that should have us all really excited.

Question for those who are educated on the topic:

Does anyone know if they can combine licenses with other EA Sports games?

Example: If Lincoln Financial Field (Eagles stadium) was used for a Winter Classic game, could they get the rights from Madden and use the name in NHL series?

I just e-mailed Noun to try and get the scoop on how the Winter Classic license really works. I do think having an agreement w/ the NHL to include the WC also grants EA the right to use the name and likeness of the venue in-game, but I will report back once I know for sure.

I haven't played Madden since it first came out on the x360 a few years ago.. it's been horrible, imho.

Hockey has always received the bulk of my console sports gaming time and I just didn't play 12 that much, at least not like previous versions.

That being said, I'm really excited to get this version and I can see myself playing several seasons - every freaking single game too.

I think Madden looks pretty good this year too. W/ the new real time physics ("Infinity Engine") and Connected Careers mode, it is shaping up to be a pretty damn fine game in its own right. Across the board, it looks like it should be a good year for EA.

[seasprite]

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has me wishing for September 11th.

So unAmerican Jonesy

[adayinthelife]

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More than likely they were. The NHL team tends to try and not push a feature or update through to retail unless it's 100% satisfactory to their liking on implementation. I'm just about 99.9% positive the skating engine and more than likely Hockey IQ was more than just a single dev cycle worth of work.

Exactly. I've been a supporter of this series, and though I've enjoyed the last couple entries, they've had absolutely no staying power with me at all. It's been strange, as previously I was playing hockey games year round from release to release pretty much since I was a kid. I didn't even finish a season in my BaGM last year, which was depressing in itself.

With all of the improvements that have been announced for NHL 13 thus far, I'd make an argument that this is perhaps a perfect example of why sports games should work on at least a 2 year schedule, rather than yearly. I know it's an old tired argument, but let's face it the differences between 13 and 12 look bigger than any other hockey game this gen, and odds are they are things that have been in the making for a couple years now.

After 12 failed to stay interesting to me (and it's strange, because I don't even have a major frustration with the series, it's just the sum of its parts), I had pretty much 0 excitement for 13. Needless to say, that's all changed and I probably haven't looked forward to an NHL game this much since 07.

[DJ]

Wow, that looked really good. I like the added commentary, and the Broadcast Camera looks sweet ... I may have to use it this year.

[Vikes1]

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Holy ****. This is pretty much everything I've ever wanted in a hockey game.

The amount of improvements made in one year is insane. Just.....wow.

I feel pretty much that same way, BNG.

I would think that with any sports game the two biggest points of interest/issues are, gameplay and presentation. And it at least sure seems like EAC has made a real effort to addressed these two huge areas of their/our game.

Of course nothings perfect, and pretty sure there will be a few things that maybe we'll feel could have been done better. But a solid effort is really all you can expect outta anyone. Maybe I'm going too far but...I'm getting the impression that EA Vancouver is actually trying to make the game "We" want.

[Section_25]

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[TreyIM2]

Wow, this looks pretty damn good. Read the blog earlier at work and now I'm just getting home to see the vid. THIS will be my FIRST NHL game, since PS1...I think. Every since I bought my PS3 in 07 I thought I would buy an NHL game...then I play the demo. I always get let down. I seen a deke in this clip that made me cringe with how robotic it looked (I can "accept" robotic-ness in Madden being that I'm a football head since birth, tho. Heh. Not a big hockey fan) but I'm hoping to be pleased enough, overall, that I can deal.

[RealmK]

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Demo...Demo...Demo...Demo...Demo...Demo...Demo...D emo...Demo...Demo...Demo...Demo...Demo...Demo...De mo...Demo...Demo...Demo...Demo...Demo...Demo...

Demo? DEMO!

[TheUndogmatic]

WHOA... this game is close to perfect. Release the demo

[Gagnon39]

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Are some of you guys going to actually play with the True Broadcast Camera? I don't think I can do that. Wouldn't it be very difficult to pull of dekes and moves?

[Gagnon39]

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Everything sounds and looks great.But could someone from EA please explain this to us.They have made MSG in New York look exactly as it is in real life but yet it`s called New York Arena. If you are going to do all that work to make an arena look realistic why not have its name as well. It`s like making a Crosby player model dead on and naming him 87C. It just doesn`t make any sense. With all these great upgrades in presentation you would think getting the naming rights to all the arenas would be the easiest to get done and make the game just a little more realistic.

The United Center is still called "Chicago Stadium." This didin't used to be this way. Every since I can remember they had the license for the United Center. Last year was the first year that they called it Chicago Stadium because apparently they lost the rights. I made a big fuss about this for a while, but got over it eventually.

[RoyalBoyle78]

Nah... U just have to get used to it.

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